StessL72

Hey chappo awesome report and great info regarding swains, I'm heading to swains next week and we will be be driving as well whilst most people people will be flying. Sounds like the fishing is starting to hotten up? If you don't mind me asking what lures worked well as I've got this problem I have 3 shopping baskets full and I'm sure that your going to tell me to take them all! Any info will be appreciated cheers stevo. pm if you want?

nice fish cuz I should of had a sickie that day, But we made up for it on Thursday arvo with that 1.4 mtre one

That's a awesome catch there and I suppose a fair bit of luck, either way awesome catch on such thin leader I say!

Hey there yarraone where abouts in Fiji did you stay? I was in Fiji for 10 days left on the 31/5 to come back to the cold weather of Sydney, whilst in Fiji I did a full day charter out of shangri'la resort and we ended up with 6 wahoo for the day cheers steve

I got a stripey of around 50kg sunday week ago on lures in bettween the twelve and the bottany fad in 55 to 60 fathoms we had a good day on them find the bait and birds and you should find the fish.

Congratulations marco i hope mum and bubba are all doing well wishing you all the best cheers steve

Thanks ginko,i had a decant fish that broke the surface not far from i was last fishing and i gather that i was that amberjack that you caught. I suppose thats how the cookie crumbles as they say hahahaha anyway congratulations on the catch and i am sure that i will see you down there again some time happy fishing steve.

Hey there ginko that man that caught that flattie which he had in is bag wasnt wearing yellow pants was he? If thats a yes well now i can put the name to a faceand see you down there next time cheers steve.

Well i havent fished the hawksbury river since 1998 when i was anchered off flint and stell in that bay to the right when facing east, i was rudley awoken by this dirty of trawler wich was raping the bottom approxamatly 50 meters away from our boat and continued to work around us as i wasnt moving!

Awsome nice fish mate, it brings back some memories as i was in hawaii in june last year and went out on a charter out of honolulu i was fishing off blue nun an old metal boat anyway i was using a stand up short stroker road with a 80w spooled up with 100lb test i had this monster yellow fin launch out of the water and eat my lure it nearly spooled me in 1.5 to 2 mins i ended up loosing itas it broke the leader and we lost it! Ow did you notice the style of lures that they used? I did!

Hey there i am going to honulullu in 4 weeks aswell i will be curious in info regarding a fishing charter there, i have been told that there is some awsome fishing over there and i have been warned already no you cant take ur fishing rod with me! So either way i will be curious regarding a chater and how much the cost would be? cheers happy fishing steve.

An old bloke many years ago said to me,you will never catch big fish if you are to impatient so better luck next time and try not to lock the drag up so much and fight it longer and tire it out more happy fishing cheers steve

Cracker dollie there right place right time as they say ow and determination i a big role aswell congratulaions on ur first dollie. Dollies are one of my favourate fish as i love catching and eating them, anyway happy fishing cheers steve

Hey ivz350 yes mate i dont mind it at all it was nice especially at that size and i suppose i would say it tastes like chicken snitzel hahaha or lets say nearly like a mixture of marlin and tuna a in bettween i guess? cheers and happy fishing

thanks mate happy fishing

Hey there yarrone, yes we defantly ate the fish mate and also was used as a trophy but i will say out of this estimated size of 110 to 120 kg live weight we got around 40kg of fillets approxamatly? And i will say that it was alot of hard work for the both of us happy fishing steve

Well steze pesaverance and abit of luck is a good head start and add some homework and you get fish, just alittle bit of a hint if this wind dies down i would get yourself some burley and head to browns as there a still a few of makos hanging around cheers steve Yes they are very good eating at that size, and as for heading out in the dark i usually dont head out in the dark unless im in my mates 32footer or its calm seas and some sort of moon and as for the report your welcome cheers steve yea on my cuzuns boat he has only one fly gaff on my boat i carry two fly gaffs and two fixed, but i think swimming them into a lassu is not a bad idea ripping there tail out of the water and are easier to handle from what i have seen as i been targetting sharks that much.There was no dogging for this shark he went absoloutly ape s..t!!! he was out the water atleast 12ft at times and he even went strait at us mouth open like a torpedo aiming at the sky from the deep that was freaky to see hahaha but was defanatly fun. cheers steve Thanks mate Yes this sleepless night and day defantly paid off this time and im sure that there will be more comming haha Well you should do it while they are here thats for sure, but i will say if you havent caught one yet i would be taking someone who has a bit of an idea as these fish aint soft cocks they go pritty hard and have very sharp teeth i would be checking out the weather as soon as its good i would get out there asap as they are about at this presant time cheers and good luck

Hi there people my cuz and i decided to go for a fish satiurday morning so with out any sleep friday night we loaded up my cuzuns trailcraft 510 and by 330am we where at the ramp warming up the e tec, we both looked at each other a saying here goes another sleepless fishing trip! anyway with a a full moon we headed out the heads and the seas were very nice so cruising at 16 to 18 knots we headed to the mountain watching for ships and any sighns of whales ect ect ect. We stopped an tried a couple of spots wich turned up all zeros! We ended up at the mountain around 6am with us being the only boat there we started fishing and it was very hard going nothing untill 9isham our last fish at about 430pm. We ended up with 3 blue eye 1 at 10kg gutted 1 at 12kg gutted and 1 at 13kg gutted 2 gemmies of around 4kg each and 1 mako estimated 110kg to 120kg he measured at 210cm from the tip of the nose to the begging of the tail fork. One fly gaff head less thanks to mr mako chewing on the rope and loosing it during the spastic atack that he had we tial ropped him then secured him and then we headed for home around 430pm as we knew that we had to clean and fillet the fish. The mako was faught on 24kg gear at 8kg drag pressure and took around 40mins to 1 hr to land. Happy fishing an sorry that there were no pics of the blue eye and gemmies as we were more interested in mr mako!!!!!!!

Dont you love it when you have a productive day, it makes up for all them shit days hahaha congratulations on a good catch cheers steve.

Good stuff i say! Its a good thing to see a female that can go out fishing for the day in a boat and actually catch a fish and hold a fish and not windge and not be sick :)or complain of the smells ect ect. I say more woman should get out and give fishing ago i say it is a good thing to see that they also spend some time with dad aswell, wich is a good thing as at a cetain age i find that kids tend to do there own thing and they also tend to learn to hate fish guts ect ect ect well they are more sensative to smells i have been told lol and because time spent with your parents mum or dad is very valuable i beleave. Anyway happy fishing cheers steve. Ps good report!!!!!!!!!

Hey nice blue eye there fishtail i was out there aswell i had the yello boat and yes it was hard everytime people thought you were catching or looked like you were they were straight up ur clacker. Either way thats a nice blue eye good on you, i ended up with 3 gemmies and 1 ocean perch and half a dozen good dolleys for the day. cheers steve.

Hey there get the net good day on the dollies i had a good day aswell on easter monday aswell sub total was 25 , your very lucky getting two marlin aswell thats the way it goes when luck is on your side i suppose either way good day out for you anyway cheers steve

Thanks for explaining what a sked is to hooklineandsinker as i couldnt of explained it that good haha anyway thanks heaps cheers steve. Ow ps how did you go with the engine on the beast?

Thanks hooklineandsinker this kind gentalman ungry would be the man to explain it better as i i know what skeds are but he described it better than i would

thanks heaps there john